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Population47,682
GeoNames
RegionYamagata
Elevation119 m
390 ft
Time zoneAsia/Tokyo
Nearest airportYamagata Airport (GAJ)
4 km
Why visit Higashine
Townapedia lists 5 museums and landmarks, 13 parks and trails, 76 places to eat, 19 places to stay and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include 東根市中央運動公園.
Weather in Higashine
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Things to do2
Museums and landmarks5
Parks, trails and playgrounds13
1 more on the map.
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Restaurants and cafes76
64 more on the map.
Where to stay19
Churches and places of worship16
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Shopping13
Gas and EV charging3
Schools, colleges and libraries5
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Healthcare29
Map of Higashine
181 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Yamagata Airport (GAJ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 4 km away.
- Tendō 10 km south, about 10 min by car
- Obanazawa 18 km north, about 18 min by car
- Shinjō 37 km north, about 37 min by car
- Tomiya 43 km east, about 43 min by car
- Sendai 45 km southeast, about 45 min by car
- Murata 45 km southeast, about 45 min by car
- Nagai 49 km southwest, about 49 min by car
- Furukawa 51 km east, about 51 min by car
- Natori-shi 52 km southeast, about 52 min by car
- Ōsaki 53 km east, about 53 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
Photo credits
- Great zelkova of Higashine. January 2022 A, さかおり, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aeon Higashine Store, Yasu ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Stone monument in Higashine no Okeyaki, natural monument of Japan, さかおり, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Great zelkova of Higashine. January 2022 C, さかおり, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Great zelkova of Higashine. January 2022 D, さかおり, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Great zelkova of Higashine. January 2022 B, さかおり, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Great zelkova of Higashine. January 2022 F, さかおり, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Great zelkova of Higashine. January 2022 E, さかおり, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Higashine city office, アラツク, CC BY-SA 4.0
- E3-2000 L72 Sakuranbo-Higashine 20250914, 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Forum Higashine, Yasu ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Higashine Ookeyaki, Resolution.2100, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Higashine-chubu Elementary School, Asasa198, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yamagata Prefectural Touohgakkan Junior & Senior High School, Asasa198, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yamagata Royal Hospital, 山形広報, CC BY-SA 4.0
- DSCN5280 (5534074233), contri, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sakuranbo Tantokuru Center, Yasu ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- 東根市サテライト会場, はくさい, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 麺屋大志 東根市中央3丁目 Apr 2, 2014, 三沢 克年, CC BY 2.0
- Yojiro Inari Shrine (與次郎稲荷神社) - panoramio (1), Ocavis Leechroot, CC BY 3.0
- ラーメンハウス ぽんちゃん 2014 (15809168499), 三沢 克年, CC BY 2.0
- らーめん魔王 - panoramio, himucl, CC BY-SA 3.0
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